Configuring queue parameters (console) - Amazon Simple Queue Service

Configuring queue parameters (console)

When you create or edit a queue, you can configure the following parameters:

  • Visibility timeout – The length of time that a message received from a queue (by one consumer) won't be visible to the other message consumers. For more information, see Visibility timeout.

    Note

    Using the console to configure the visibility timeout configures the timeout value for all of the messages in the queue. To configure the timeout for single or multiple messages, you must use one of the AWS SDKs.

  • Message retention period – The amount of time that Amazon SQS retains messages that remain in the queue. By default, the queue retains messages for four days. You can configure a queue to retain messages for up to 14 days. For more information, see Message retention period.

  • Delivery delay – The amount of time that Amazon SQS will delay before delivering a message that is added to the queue. For more information, see Delivery delay.

  • Maximum message size – The maximum message size for this queue. For more information, see Maximum message size.

  • Receive message wait time – The maximum amount of time that Amazon SQS waits for messages to become available after the queue gets a receive request. For more information, see Amazon SQS short and long polling.

  • Enable content-based deduplication – Amazon SQS can automatically create deduplication IDs based on the body of the message. For more information, see Getting started with Amazon SQS FIFO queues.

  • Enable high throughput FIFO – Use to enable high throughput for messages in the queue. Choosing this option changes the related options (Deduplication scope and FIFO throughput limit) to the required settings for enabling high throughput for FIFO queues. For more information, see High throughput for FIFO queues and Quotas related to messages.

  • Redrive allow policy: defines which source queues can use this queue as the dead-letter queue. For more information, see Amazon SQS dead-letter queues.

To configure queue parameters for an existing queue (console)
  1. Open the Amazon SQS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/sqs/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Queues. Choose a queue and choose Edit.

  3. Scroll to the Configuration section.

  4. For Visibility timeout , enter the duration and units. The range is 0 seconds to 12 hours. The default value is 30 seconds.

  5. For Message retention period, enter the duration and units. The range is 1 minute to 14 days. The default value is 4 days.

  6. For a standard queue, enter a value for Receive message wait time. The range is 0 to 20 seconds. The default value is 0 seconds, which sets short polling. Any non-zero value sets long polling.

  7. For Delivery delay, enter the duration and units. The range is 0 seconds to 15 minutes. The default value is 0 seconds.

  8. For Maximum message size, enter a value. The range is 1 KB to 256 KB. The default value is 256 KB.

  9. For a FIFO queue, choose Enable content-based deduplication to enable content-based deduplication. The default setting is disabled.

  10. (Optional) For a FIFO queue to enable higher throughput for sending and receiving messages in the queue, choose Enable high throughput FIFO.

    Choosing this option changes the related options (Deduplication scope and FIFO throughput limit) to the required settings for enabling high throughput for FIFO queues. If you change any of the settings required for using high throughput FIFO, normal throughput is in effect for the queue, and deduplication occurs as specified. For more information, see High throughput for FIFO queues and Quotas related to messages.

  11. For Redrive allow policy, choose Enabled. Select from the following: Allow all (default), By queue or Deny all. When choosing By queue, specify a list of up to 10 source queues by the Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

  12. When you finish configuring the queue parameters, choose Save.